Popstar Ed Sheeran has raised issues about crime in London after he was questioned about it on comedian Theo Von’s podcast. “I’d say every area of London … is sketchy,” Mr Sheeran told Mr Von. “The nice areas are sketchy; the bad areas are sketchy.” Londoners have continued to talk about the rise in crime in the city, with petty crimes going unreported as there is a view police are unable to do anything about it.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers hopes Senator Fatima Payman has chosen to put herself “outside the obligations” of Labor Party members. A motion was unanimously endorsed by Labor MPs that she could return to the caucus once she could respect party rules. “That’s really unfortunate; we are a party of progress, not protest,” Mr Chalmers said. “This path that Fatima Payman has chosen has been chosen by her, not for her, and my hope is that we can welcome her back into the fold at a time when she signs up to the obligations that all the rest of us have signed up to.”

Sources close to Joe Biden say the US President’s lapses are becoming more frequent. The 81-year-old President has been described as appearing increasingly confused and losing the thread of conversations. According to one individual, President Biden would take afternoon naps and would not begin preparations for his recent debate with Donald Trump before 11am.

There is just one full day to go until the general election in the UK as candidates are campaigning across the country. Voters in the UK will cast their ballots on July 4 with opinion polls predicting a landslide for the Labour Party. After 14 years in power, the Conservatives have been consistently trailing the Labour opposition by about 20 percentage points.

The death toll from a stampede in India has risen to 116. The incident took place at a Hindu religious gathering in the country's north after a dust storm sparked panic among the crowd. A further 18 people were injured and have been taken to hospital. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced compensation to the families of those who died.

Melbournians are expected to wake up to the year's coldest morning. A minimum of just zero degrees is forecast for some areas this morning. It could get as cold as 2 degrees in Geelong, 1 degree in the Mornington Peninsula while in Tullamarine, the mercury could drop to negative 1. Melbourne is forecast to reach 12 degrees today with mostly sunny conditions.

Senator Fatima Payman has taken advice from a controversial election strategist who has previously helped minor party politicians gain seats in the Senate. According to Nine Newspapers, Political Strategist Glenn Druery is also speaking with Muslim campaigners who are supporting Ms Payman’s decision to cross the floor and vote with the Greens. A motion was unanimously endorsed by Labor MPs that she could return to the caucus once she could respect party rules. However, increased pressure could be put on the Prime Minister as the Greens consider introducing another motion recognizing Palestinian statehood.

Labor will introduce its Future Made in Australia legislation into parliament today. $22.7 billion over the next 10 years will be put into businesses considered critical for the net zero transition, as well as sectors that boost national economic resilience and security. For businesses to benefit from the policy, they will need to adhere to five community benefit principles including secure well-paid jobs, social goals and skill development.

Sky News host Liza Store has mocked Vice President Kamala Harris's latest “cringe” bet awards video. The Vice President was featured in a skit with Taraji P Henson where Ms Harris Facetimed the American actress to express her concern about the upcoming election. “Don’t you just love it the more they refer to anyone who believes differently from them as extremists. I’m like this is wearing so thin so fast nobody believes you anymore,” Ms Storer said.

Sky News host Caleb Bond has reacted to Elon Musk calling out Vice President Kamala Harris for engaging in “misinformation and disinformation” about former US president Donald Trump’s position on a national abortion ban. Ms Harris declared in a post on X that "Donald Trump would ban abortion nationwide." “It’s simply not true,” Mr Bond said.

Sky News host Andrew Bolt has slammed Greens leader Adam Bandt for failing to condemn the vandalism of war memorials. During an interview on ABC 7.30 report the Greens leader was asked whether or not vandalising the Australian War Memorial is a legitimate form of protest which he refused to answer. “What a barbarian,” Mr Bolt said. "It's now time to put the heat on Labor to now refuse to do any more preference deals with the greens," he said. Mr Bolt went on to call the Greens leader a “weasel”.

Sky News host Caleb Bond says the Hungarian PM Viktor Orban has been made the new president of the EU. Mr Bond said Viktor Orban is going in there to “clean the joint up”. “We need someone like this at the EU to shake things up a bit.”

Sky News host James Macpherson that for the first time since the 1990’s we’ve had a “decrease in life expectancy”. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare released the data and attributed most of the excess deaths to COVID-19. Mr Macpherson said the data shows half the excess deaths in 2022 were a result of COVID-19.

Sky News host James Macpherson says Victoria’s Premier Jacinta Allan’s pay rise comes amid the premier telling hospitals to “drastically cut back” due to budget restraints. “Of course, she gets this pay rise at the same time she is telling Victorian hospitals they need to drastically cut back on their operations budget,” Mr Macpherson said. “Because, you know, the state just does not have enough money.”

Australians appear to be losing faith in Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the Labor government. It comes as in a Guardian Essential poll 54 per cent of Australians said the country is headed in the wrong direction. One Nation Chief of Staff James Ashby and City of Sydney Councillor Linda Scott join Sky News host Paul Murray to discuss why Australian voters think the country is on the wrong track.

Sky News host Paul Murray says Joe Biden “should go” from his US presidential position. Mr Murray said Joe Biden’s family are desperately going to try and “hold him up”. “The family ain’t going anywhere.”

Macrobusiness Chief Economist Leith Van Onselen has claimed Australia has “zero chance” of meeting the Albanese government’s plan to build 1.2 million new homes by 2029. An industry analysis has found that one new home would have to be built every two minutes to cater for the rapidly growing population and surge in migration intake. “Look the highest number of homes Australia has ever built in a single 12-month period was 223,500 in 2017 and back then we had much lower interest rates, we had much lower materials cost,” Mr Van Onselen said. “Materials hadn’t increased 40 per cent like they have over the pandemic and builders weren’t competing with state governments.”

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called out the hypocrisy of the Coalition over the live sheep export ban by revealing past comments made by several Liberal Party members on the issue. Mr Albanese unearthed remarks from Deputy Opposition Leader Sussan Ley in which she said the live sheep exporting industry was an operating model “built on animal suffering”. The Prime Minister also targeted Liberal Senator Sarah Henderson, revisiting her comments which said "if any person in Australia crams sheep into a transport vehicle for 25 days in the searing heat … that person would be charged with animal cruelty".

Liora Argamani, the mother of Noa Argamani, has died after battle with cancer, just weeks after her daughter was rescued from Gaza. The 61-year old’s condition deteriorated during the eight months Noa was held in captivity. It was Liora’s dying wish to see her daughter one last time. That wish was granted when Noa Argamani was rescued by IDF soldiers on June 8. Sky News host Gabriella Power said her death is a reminder of how “cruel” Hamas terrorists are. “Noa Argamani should have spent the last nine months by her mother’s side... Instead, she spent eight of them being held in captivity by Hamas terrorists,” Ms Power said. Around 120 hostages are still being held by Hamas.

Sources close to US President Joe Biden have allegedly seen “15, 20 occasions” of the 81-year-old’s cognitive decline. According to Fox News, these occasions echo the oldest-ever sitting president’s performance at Thursday’s presidential debate. Journalist Carl Bernstein spoke to CNN host Anderson Cooper on Monday about Biden’s “horror show” debate performance. “These are people, several of them who are very close to President Biden who loved him, have supported him and among them are some people who would raise a lot of money for him,” he said. “And they are adamant that what we saw the other night, the Joe Biden we saw, is not an, a one-off, that there have been 15, 20 occasions in the last year and a half when the president has appeared somewhat as he did in that horror show that we witnessed.” The 80-year-old spoke about President Biden’s recent address to the nation after the US Supreme Court immunity ruling. Bernstein stated those who have seen the 46th president most often notice a “marked incidence of cognitive decline and physical infirmity”.